RESTRICTED
RESTRICTED
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE TOKYO
TELNO 481
OF 171725Z SEPTEMBER 92
AND TO IMMEDIATE SEOUL, OSAKA, HONG KONG
67
040262
MDHOAN 0957
هم سلام
1879
FROM FED
TELECOM HUMFREYS/SHERRINGTON: SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WALES' VISIT
1. FED ASKED UNDER-SECRETARY AT THE WELSH OFFICE ON 17 SEPTEMBER WHETHER THERE WAS ANY LIKELIHOOD OF MR HUNT POSTPONING HIS VISIT TO JAPAN/KOREA IN VIEW OF RECALL OF PARLIAMENT ON 24 SEPTEMBER. WE STRESSED THE NEED TO LET POSTS KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WHETHER THERE WAS LIKELY TO BE ANY DISRUPTION TO THE VISIT, IN ORDER TO MINIMISE WASTED EFFORT BY POSTS IN ORGANISING PROGRAMMES. WELSH OFFICE TOOK THIS POINT ON BOARD AND UNDERTOOK TO LET US KNOW OF ANY CHANGE OF PLANS. THEY SAID THEY THOUGHT THE FAR EASTERN LEG OF THE TRIP WAS THE MOST SECURE. IF NECESSARY, MR HUNT WOULD FLY DIRECT TO SEOUL AFTER THE PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE. BUT THIS WAS OF COURSE SUBJECT TO DISCUSSION WITH CABINET COLLEAGUES.
HURD
YYYY
DISTRIBUTION
26
MAIN
24
FED
HKD
ADDITIONAL
2
WELSH OFFICE//PS/MR HUNT
WDI CARDIFF //MR M POWELL
NAD
PROTOCOL D
HICD 026/12
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TELNO 274
OF 15111OZ SEPTEMBER 92
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